The Indianapolis journal., 1887-12-18

oppressive, and during the night his friend got
out of bed in the darkness to open the window.
It refused to bulge and. as the story goes. the
Professor told him to break out pane OF the
glass. This was DONE but 1t seemed to make
no difference in the quantity of oxygen admitted
to the room, and as oxygen Is the vital portion
of air 1t was absolute necessity and must De
had any cost. No impression could be made
the wndow-sash and another glass was
broken ont. this time. it is said, by the Fro,
fessor, who then returned to bed and soon fell
asleep. In the morning the door of bookcase
was found to be minus its glass. while the win
dow alongside it was intact
If the Fly-fshermens Club meets with sue
in securing a large membership it is pro-
posed to establish club-rooms. where the mem
bers meet and pass pleasant evening in
swapping fish stories and give each other points
the proper kind of fly TO certain days
and in certain waters. 1t is a fact that although
there is any amount Of literature the subject
of iy-castng, there is very little that helps the
novitiate in Turing black bass. especially in In
diana waters. Nearly all the works published
are devoted to casting for trout and salmon, and
were written by Eastern authors, who have not
had the opportunity to study the habits and
habitat OF the bass to the same extent as the
fishermen who live west of the Aileghenies,
where this gamiest of fishes is found in It's
native home At the meeting of the club the
other evening. Mr.. Alex. Jameson, one of the
first in the country to use the artificial fly for
catching bass, offered to present 20 the organi-
sive library on angling. and as 1t braces
nearly everything that has been printed on the
subject, the gift will be a valuable one. There
are some knotty questions. however. that are
liable to confront the club in its infancy. and
which may prove fatal to it's purposes and am
billions, unless they are irrevo caby settled, and
the outcome printed in letters of steel and hung
upon the walls of the club-room, where all new
members may and learn. General Nc
Ginniss viii probably spring the first
question in the shape of proposed
law to govern the exchange OF pools when
two anglers working near each other, have met
arise to the right of persons to membership
who use the words, ''pole" in place of rod. and
'catch" in place of "kIll." One feature that
will meet with general appreciation is a contem
plated fine when member tells the same story
twice without redressing it and changing the
location of it's happening. At the coming meet
ing, Thursday evening of this week, Mr.. M
D. Butler will probably lead in debate on the
merits of the "bucktaiP' as compared with
''hackles, Gen. McGinnis taking the part of the
hackles. Mr.. Richard Boyd will recite origi
nal poem. entitled "That SuDken Log Meath
Eller's Bridge" Other papers will be read on
Leaders" "Droppers,' "Stretchers," and
"Endersn
When the Post was living and fourishine
there was a young taxidermist of this city, who
held position on it a reporter. He was also
connected with the late Democrat. Cornelius
Mayer, city editor of the German Telegraph, said
of him: He is good fellowato have paper.
When it dies he can stuff it." With the three of
them he will have winters work.
Col John W. Blake lost va1ise at the
Union Depot and made a great fuss 20 the police
about its it recovery. After good deal of talk
about it one of the officers ventured to inquire
why he was so anxious about it and what he
had in it. why" he said, that vaiee was
very valuable-it was full of verbal contracts"